Ringneck Festival & Bird Dog Challenge

2011 Ringneck Festival Results [PDF]

2012 Ringneck Festival & Bird Dog Challenge

November 8-10, 2012 will mark the 15th year of the Huron Ringneck Festival competition and the 11th year for the Bird Dog Challenge. Thirty teams with participants from as far away as Washington, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Nebraska compete in the event. If you missed out on the 2011 event mark your calendars as you won't want to miss out on the 15th Annual Huron Ringneck Festival, November 8-10, 2012.

You will find more information below on the Ringneck Festival and Bird Dog Challenge along with rules and applications that you can download. Only 30 teams will be accepted for the competition hunt and 40 for the Bird Dog Challenge so be sure to get your application in by the August 31, 2012 deadline.

Contact

Huron Chamber & Visitors Bureau
(605) 352-0000
Email

Ringneck Festival Competitive Hunt

The Ringneck Festival competitive hunt consists of six-member teams, each attempting to bring back 18 pheasants. Each member is allowed four shells, for a team limit of 24. Limiting the number of shells helps ensure that hunters will take clean shots, reducing the number of injured birds.

The entry fee is $1,650 per team ($275 per hunter) which includes meals, hunts, live entertainment and prizes. The winning team members and hosting landowner each receive a shotgun.

2012 Ringneck Festival Rules & Application [DOC]

Bird Dog Challenge

The Huron Ringneck Festival Bird Dog Challenge is an exhibition that tests the skills of dogs and hunters. The event is scheduled for November 8th & 9th, 2012 and kicks off the Ringneck Festival weekend.

Each competition allows for two hunters and one dog to take the field. Each hunter is limited to five shells and has 20 minutes to harvest birds.

Points are awarded to each team based on birds harvested, full retrieves, partial retrieves and normal retrieves, shots not taken, and every second remaining on the clock. A maximum of 40 teams are allowed to participate in the event, with a registration fee of $175 per team. Cash prizes are awarded for first, second and third place teams.

2012 Bird Dog Challenge Rules & Application [DOC]

RLB's Ringneck Festival Hall of Fame

The RLB’s Ringneck Festival Hall of Fame was established in 2009 to honor participants for years spent in the festival and showing extraordinary enthusiasm during and outside of the event.

This honorary award was set up to recognize participants of the festival who have given tremendously through event history whether it is financially, spiritually, or any other worthy form. Nominee’s characteristics show a tremendous passion for the Ringneck Festival, hunting, and outdoors in general. Nominees exhibit support of the event, from participating, recruiting and genuinely enjoying the event overall. The Ringneck Festival Hall of Fame will carry on the spirit of this event for years to come with each individual being recognized for their assistance in making the Ringneck Festival what it is today and what it will be for years to come. Click below for nomination form.